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Red tail shark not eating

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I bought a Red Tail shark a few days ago and it's in a tank with 5 other tiger barbs. Whenever I try to feed it (sinking discs or vegetables) it doesn't eat it, and the barbs end up eating it. The shark is pretty active and healthy, but it just doesn't eat. It hangs out in a little cave decoration a lot and I usually put it's food in there, but it just swims by it and ignores it. Even when the barbs come to eat it's food the shark tries to chase them away, even though it shows little to no interest in the food. What can I do to make it eat so it doesn't starve?

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

the RTS will never adjust in a 29 because it is way to small of a tank for it to have room to swim around like it needs.

so he is probably not eating because he's unhappy and cramped in the tank.

Totally agree, He needs a 4' tank.

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

Do you have any type of alage growing in the tank? He may be grazing on it and getting enough food that way.

Down the road if he starts eating you realy should rehome it in a bigger tank.

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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ― John WoodenSandy Hook Elementary......Lest We Forget
See my profile for my tanks and what fish I keep